Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Arabic:
Khiran, Khirar, Tountoub (Chad)
Common Names in Chinese:
Wu Ye Shan Gan
Common Names in English:
Bare Caper, Kareel, Leafless Caper Bush
Common Names in Hindi:
Karer
Common Names in Sanskrit:
Karir, Karira
Common Names in Tamil:
Sengam
Common Names in Telugu:
Kariramu
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 777 meters (0 to 2,549 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Violanae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Brassicales
()
- Bromhead, 1838
- Suborder:
Capparineae
()
-
- Family:
Capparaceae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Capparoideae
()
- Subfamily:
Capparoideae
(
- Family:
Capparaceae
(
- Suborder:
Capparineae
(
- Order:
Brassicales
(
- Superorder:
Violanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Pax Publication : in Engl. et Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. iii. 2. (1891)231
Similar Species
Members of the genus Capparis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 24 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
C. amplissima (Burro Blanco) · C. baducca (Caper) · C. corymbosa (Corymbose Caper) · C. cynophallophora (Jamaica Caper) · C. decidua (Bare Caper) · C. erythrocarpus (Capparis) · C. flexuosa (Bay-Leaved Caper) · C. flexuosa var. floridanum (Bay-Leaved Caper) · C. flexuosa var. pumila (Bay-Leaved Caper) · C. hastata (Broadleaf Caper) · C. incana (Hoary Caper) · C. indica (Linguam) · C. micracantha (Caper Thorn) · C. montana (French Guiana Caper) · C. moonii (Indian Caper) · C. nobilis (Wild Lime (Aust)) · C. odoratissima (Capparis) · C. pittieri (Tropical American Caper) · C. sandwichiana (Native Caper) · C. sepiaria (Wild Caper-Bush) · C. spinosa (Caper) · C. spinosa var. inermis (Caper) · C. tomentosa (Wooly Caperbush) · C. zeylanica (Indian Caper)
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Further Reading
- A manual flora of Egypt / by Reno Muschler. With a preface by Paul Ascherson and Georg Schweinfurth. Berlin, R. Friedlaender, 1912. url p. 1240, p. 1262, p. 1273.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 34 1968 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 31, p. 33.
- Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 424, p. 762.
- IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 1014, p. 394.
- IUCN Directory of South Asian Protected Areas IUCN url p. 167, p. 283.
- Journal of Indian botany. Madras: Methodist Pub. House, 1919-1923. url p. 66, p. 67, p. 68, p. 76, p. 80.
- Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 12 1921 Edinburgh: H. M. Stationery Off. url fig. 2, p. 252, p. 253.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 483.
- The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url , , , p. 222, p. 276, p. 509, p. 510, p. 511, p. 513, p. 514, p. 515.
- The contemporary land mammals of Egypt (including Sinai) / Dale J. Osborn, Ibrahim Helmy. 5 1980 [Chicago]: Field Museum of Natural History, 1980. url p. 505, p. 51.
- The ethnobotany of southern Balochistan, Pakistan: with particular reference to medicinal plants / Steven M. Goodman, Abdul Ghafoor. 31 1992 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c1992. url p. 20, p. 6, p. 81.
- The flora of the presidency of Bombay / By Theodore Cooke. London: Taylor and Francis, 1903-08. url p. 46.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10584172
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146395-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 146395-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 645386
Footnotes
- Mean = 306.670 meters (1,006.135 feet), Standard Deviation = 298.240 based on 6 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
